Tigers of the High Himalayas

[LonePredator]

(06-23-2022, 05:32 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote:

(06-21-2022, 05:13 PM)LonePredator Wrote:

(06-21-2022, 04:41 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote: Snow leopard kill Himalayan brown bear

"A two-year old brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) was
killed and partially eaten by a snow leopard in Kazahkstan, but this must be quite unusual"
(Heptner and Sludskii 1992)

There is an account where a snow leopard killed a two year old Himalayan brown bear but that is the only interaction I can find.

The Himalayan brown bear is the only brown bear subspecies that gets dominated by a black bear. Therefore, I am certain the tiger will consider even a male Himalayan brown bear as prey should they come across each other. An account:

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https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TXI-AQAAIAAJ&q=Steppe+brown+bear+weights&dq=Steppe+brown+bear+weights&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y

Also it is going to be extremely hard to see interactions between tigers and Himalayan brown bears as the latter is extremely rare.

"Common in Kashmir, that the brown bear follows the black one at a respectful distance when the last one goes on a faraging expedition towards the nuttrees, and picks up the nuts which the black bear drops accidentally"

Fascinating. The Bear could’ve been almost 1.5-2 times the size of the Snow Leopard and the Snow Leopard still killed it. What an amazing predator.

And I wasn’t aware of the size of Himalayan Brown Bears but it seems they are much smaller than the Russian and North American Brown Bears.

Bengal Tigers would certainly consider them prey.

4:25 to 4:60. The brown bear in Deosai National Park has the lowest birth rate among brown bears. They reach sexual maturity at eight at the cub stays with the mother for up to five years. Nevertheless as you said, it is still impressive that a snow leopard would kill one even though it is just 2 years old. Tigers can potentially enter the Himalayan brown bear's territory.

Here is the red bear's home range:

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The Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) is a subspecies of the brown bear and the distribution is restricted to higher altitudes across north-western and central Himalayas including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, west China, Tibet and Nepal.

https://wildlifesos.org/our-work/bear/

Yes, I do realise that. By the way, do you have anything regarding their weight of Himalayan Brown Bears??

I have not been able to find anything reliable on this yet, only random articles stating anywhere between 160-250kg but those are obviously just some random guesses. Reply